User blog comment:Cpt Crimson/DmC sales way lower than dmc4's/@comment-134861-20130203050602/@comment-134861-20130204064420

...yes, I played DmC. Virtually every review will agree that Dante's championship of humanity came out of nowhere, and seems predicated on jumping Kat's bones. So don't write off what I said as me pulling it out of my ass. I also liked the gameplay itself, so don't dismiss my opinions as a "hater".

There's nothing in the script to indicate that Sparda got caught on purpose -- only that he deliberately hid his kids. If you have a quote or something which I missed, bring it. Otherwise, he really should have done something once it became obvious to everyone else in the demon world that Dante was a Nephilim.

Sparda didn't do a damn thing in DmC. He laid more groundwork in the classic series. That's really not arguable, although you can desire for him to have done more.

"A lot of places they could go with that" - Again, politics. The classic series focused on gothic horror. DmC is punk horror that by the admission of its creators, focuses on modern politics and punk style (I provided a link to an interview in the Rebellion article, if you want). This is starkly against legendry and mythos. Yes, there is potential for sequels, no, they won't be of the same kind of "according to prophecy" stuff that was in the classic series. Again, this is from the mouth of the creators.

Sparda was barely mentioned in the anime, except for a few bits about Baul and Modeus. Dante got plenty of development there all on his own. DMC3 had -4- main characters, and only one of them cared about Dante or Vergil only as Sons of Sparda.

Nephilim: Exactly. It doesn't even matter what their lineage -is- anymore, now all the plot cares about is the DNA in Sparda's junk.

"slowly learns" --- bull. Like most reviews have said, he goes from not giving a crap to suddenly caring about getting revenge in the space of one mission almost devoid of human interaction. His attacking Vergil and then declaring himself the champion of humanity (despite basically ignoring every human but Kat for the entire game) also comes about in one mission. Other games, like DMC3 or DMC1, show him coming to grips with Lady or his legacy or Trish over the course of at least several missions.

-Vergil suddenly didn't care about Kat?- There is a huge difference between being willing to sacrifice one friend for the good of the world, and telling that friend that they are a worthless fly. Which is what happened with Vergil. And oddly, happened with Dante too, since he went from, let's say it again, not giving a crap about humanity's fate to all of a sudden being head over heels for Kat.

Vergil's data -...the game explains why that data is vital, and why he had to erase it. Kat even agrees with him when Dante objects. If you're complaining about that, then I can't keep track of what side you're even on.